$1.85 billion for drilling in 2016 with 10% production growth and no debt raises rest of year
Pioneer Natural Resources (ticker: PXD, PXD.com) announced its fourth quarter results, along with its 2016 capital budget of $2.0 billion. The company lowered its 2016 capital budget expectations by $0.5 billion from earlier estimates, but still expects to grow production by about 10% as it increases the number of wells brought online to 230, up about 21% from the number of wells brought online in 2015.

EIA predicts U.S. gas production will grow by nearly 1 Bcf/d in one month EnerCom’s Effective Rig Count rose sharply last month, as improving efficiencies combined with a jump in active rigs. The Effective Rig Count now stands at 2,670, meaning it would take 2,670 rigs from January 2014 to yield the same production as current operations are achieving. Current[Read More…]